DominoDS: *Here's chapter 9, I hope its good. And actually gets somewhere in the story. It's supposed to be like a major part in it and I
Hope it'll be good. Twinkies!*
Chapter
IX:
Sora + Trouble & Yolei don't mix
Ken walked into the bar scrunching up his nose as he smelled stale beer and cigarettes. He glanced around the small room looking for Tai. Pale light came from a single light/fan that hung from the ceiling. Over in the corner of the bar sat Tai, still dressed in his suit from work, he had a mug of beer resting on the counter in front of him that was untouched. Disgusted by the company in the bar Ken walked over to Tai and sat down next to him on the bar stool. Tai didn't look over at Ken but stared straight ahead at the dartboard in front of him, he looked tired and miserable.
"Hey Tai, what'd you want to talk to me about?" Ken asked resting an elbow on the counter.
Tai glanced up and over at Ken blinking his dark eyes slightly. "Did you hear about what happened with me, Sora and the kids?" He asked looking back down at the counter.
Ken laughed slightly, hitting Tai on the back all sportsman like.
"Yeah, Matt told Mimi, Izzy, Joe, and TK. TK told Kari who told Yolei & Davis, who called me and told me about it." Ken said naming off each person.
Tai groaned and dropped his head on the counter with a loud thud. Ken lifted up Tai's head and placed a coaster under his face then let it go again. He could hear Tai muffle a sarcastic laugh. "Hey don't worry about it, Tai. It's not like it's never happened to any of us before."
"Has it happened to you and Yolei?" Tai asked lifting up his face, with a round coaster imprint around his nose and mouth.
"No…" Ken said after a few seconds. "But like I said, it could happen to anyone. Now I know that you called me here for more than just this. What exactly did you want to talk about?" Ken sat up, turning his stool to face Tai. After a few silent moments Tai finally turned to look at Ken and speak.
"Well…I've just realized that I've never loved someone like how I love Sora now. I'm worried that something is going to happen that will take her away from me. How…hmm…how did you take your relationship with Yolei at the time to the next level and what do you do about losing someone you really love?" Tai said trying to phrase the exact words he meant.
Ken sat there for a moment thinking, his indigo eyes however sparkled when he looked up with a light smile. "Well..you know that at first when I met Yolei I thought she was "ok". I didn't like her all too much because on the outside she seemed like a loud, bragish, boy-crazy girl. But as I began to hang out with the group more I began to see that she is gentle, kind hearted, loving, sweet, beautiful and special. I had never met anyone like her. Since after wormmon came into my life she was the next best thing. It got to the point that I loved her so much that if anyone hurt her, I'd kill them." Ken grew serious, his eyes darkening with an intense look on his face. "I'd do anything for her, she is..my life. I'd never want to lose her. You don't let anyone take them away from you. You must always stay one step ahead. Do you think that Matt is going to take Sora away from you?"
Tai nodded slightly. "Yeah…well because I was there when he came in that one time and said he wanted to be alone to talk to Sora. She said that he was trying to reconcile things with her."
"Tai, trust Sora. I think she knows what she wants but you have to give her a chance. I know she loves you, you can see it on her face. But with children it's a hard thing to split from an ex. Harder for the children to deal with it. You and I don't know what it's like because we've had both parents while growing up. Matt's mom and dad got a divorce, and Sora's dad was barely around when she was growing up. The least thing you can do,however is to tell Sora how you feel." Ken said stretching getting a little bored of sitting around.
Tai nodded and then his youthful smile appeared.
"You're right! Sora is a smart woman, she knows what she wants in life, I'll just go and tell her how I feel. Oh uh…Ken?"
"Yeah Tai?"
"Can I have a lift, I think my car just got towed away on the side of the street." He said pointing out the window to his camaro being towed off the street.
Yolei sat down her boombox on Sora's coffee table and grabbed Sora's cordless to call Kari. Sora was in the shower, she wanted to clean up a little before Yolei and Sora goofed around.
"Hi Kari? It's Yolei. I'm over at Sora's she needs some cheering up after what happened with Tai and the kids. Hehe, yeah I know that would be so embarrassing! Anyways, I want you to come over, bring some of our other friends but don't call Mimi. I think Sora would tear her apart if she saw her right now. Ok, see ya later. …………Oh the surprise? That's for me to know and you to find out. Bye."
She hung up the phone with a huge grin opening up her wallet. "I'd get into so much trouble if they knew what I was up to, but we have to goof off some-what."
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20 minutes later the house was full of bussling young women all happy to get out of the house. Sora sat snugly in the middle of the couch talking to Kari, Yolei and some of the other women there about life and a much needed vacation, when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Yolei sang as she leapt for the door. A tall, muscular, red haired guy walked in. He wore ripped up jeans, and a white silk shirt, his hair was short in front but ended along his neck, and he had bright green eyes that could drive a woman wild. Everyone's mouth dropped open, especially Sora's. The guy gave her a little wink and Yolei bursted into giggles.
"I think our entertainment is here everyone!" Yolei exclaimed.
Kari frowned slightly looking at Yolei. "You got her a stripper??" She said loudly.
All the women began to cheer happily and Yolei whispered to Kari.
"Loosen up Kari, it's not like any of the guys are around for us to worry about. No one will ever know about this!" Yolei said slyly. Kari then grinned and sat back in the couch.
"I don't know about this you guys…" Sora said reluctantly as the man walked to the center of the living room, eyeing Sora like she was a piece of meat.
"Chill out Sora."
"Relax for once!"
"You deserve some…happiness….*drool*"
Girls began to shout out to Sora.
"Hey Babe, it's ok. It's not like this is illegal or anything. I promise that I won't do anything that'll make you feel too uncomfortable." The stripper grinned turning on the boombox.
Ken's car drove up into Sora's driveway and the two men got out.
"Hey, mind if I come in with you really quick? I gotta make a phone call to my boss to see if he'll let me off next Tuesday for mine and Yolei's wedding anniversary." He said slamming the car door.
"I don't mind," Tai said as he got out as well. "Hey…is it just my imagination or do you hear Sora's stereo on really loud in there?" Tai said.
"I hear a boombox." Ken said. "Is she having people over?" He asked as they reached the door.
"I dunno, guess we'll see for ourselves." Tai said as he knocked.
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Sora stood with the stripper dancing with him. She knew what she was doing was stupid but she just wanted to have a little fun. Besides she wasn't doing anything that would be considered cheating. The guy placed a hand around her waist as he guided her back in front of him. All the girls screamed, cheering for her.
There was a knock at the front door.
"Must be the pizza, I'll get it you guys." Kari said going for the front door.
She opened the door and there stood a shocked Tai Kamiya and Ken Ichijouji.
Kari's mouth dropped open. "Uh…oh…" She said loudly. All eyes went to the doorway and Yolei screeched. Sora looked over as well.
Both men stood there shocked, their eyes immediately on the stripper, then Tai's trailing to Sora, and Ken's seizing Yolei.
"Gotta go!" Yolei yelled and zipped up the stairs.
"YOLEI!" Ken yelled chasing up after her. All the girls began to laugh loudly. Kari ran out the door before Tai had a chance to notice she was really there. He took one look at Sora and the stripper and walked out the door slamming it.
"Oooohh." The women said as Tai left.
"Shut up!" Sora yelled as she went running for the door.
'I can't believe Tai walked in on me like that…I am soo screwed…Oh Tai I'm sorry!' Sora thought as she went running out the door. What could she do to fix this. Everything seemed hopeless from there.
DominoDS:
Hey that was longer wasn't it? Was it better? Thank you to the people who gave the reviews to my last chapter giving me their condolences for my grandfather, that meant a lot. You ppl are just so awesome to me that I know I don't deserve it, lol. Thank you again. I plan on writing the next part um…soon? Heh.